© Charlie Crane

Simon graduated with a first class BA Hons degree in Human Geography from The University of Sheffield (1996) followed by a Distinction in Photography from the National Council for the Training of Journalists (1997). He lives in Brighton, UK, with his wife and daughter.

His photographs have been exhibited widely, with recent shows at the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago and the Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai and are held in a number of private and corporatecollections, including the Deutsche Börse Art Collection and the National Media Museum in Bradford. He has been published in national and international magazines including Granta, The Sunday Times Magazine, Guardian Weekend Magazine, Next Level, Saturday Telegraph Magazine, Details, Art Review, Esquire, Der Spiegel and Le Monde.

In recognition for his work, Simon has received several awards including the Sunday Times Magazine ‘Ian Parry Award’ (1998), a ‘Getty Grant of Editorial Photography’ (2006) and the ‘Bright Spark Award’ from the Magenta Foundation in Toronto (2006). He was a student on the ‘World Press Masterclass’ in Amsterdam (2003) and identified by Photo District News in New York as one of their ‘PDN30 Emerging Artists’ (2004). More recently he received the ‘Vic Odden Award’ from the Royal Photographic Society (2007) - offered for a notable achievement in the art of photography by a British photographer aged 35 or under - and bursaries from the National Media Museum (2007) and Arts Council England (2008) to support We English. He was also featured in the Independent on Saturday Magazine’s ‘Talent Issue’ (2007) as one of their rising stars.

Motherland, his first monograph, was published in March 2007 by Chris Boot Ltd.

He is represented by The Photographers’ Gallery in London and Klompching Gallery in New York.

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